FAO · 4 hours ago

Senior Technical Specialist

Home, KS

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Coordinate and manage, including strategic guidance and promotion with various stakeholder groups, the Hand-in-Hand (HIH) Investment Forum 2025 as part of the World Food Forum (WFF).

Advise and provide assistance and support to the coordination and management of the broader WFF programme.

Strengthen partnership with key partners and support active engagement with the private sector around priority topics and defined investment plans.

Provide strategic advice and technical support to FAO Global Roadmap on ‘Achieving SDG2 without breaching the 1.5C threshold, and its translation to national action plans.

Manage and coordinate selected national action plans in close consultation and liaison with key ministries, national institutions as well as the scientific team in context of the Global Roadmap and in preparation for priority Global events in 2025 in collaboration with the wider Team.

Promote and facilitates interactions and exchanges with FAO decentralized Offices and Government Officials to ensure coordination and coherence on common areas of interests.

Foster teamwork and communication among different teams working on mutual objectives, maintains a flexible way of working and is willing to perform varying duties.

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Programme ManagementPolicy AdviceEnglish LanguagePartnership BuildingAgrifood SystemsProject ManagementPolitical SciencesBusiness AdministrationAgricultural EconomicsDevelopment EconomicsTechnical AnalysisMonitoringTechnical CooperationInter-Governmental BodiesFAO Official LanguageBuilding Effective RelationshipsContinuous Improvement

Required

University degree in political sciences, business administration, agricultural economics, development economics or related field

Minimum ten years of relevant experience in programme and project management, policy and technical advice and analysis, monitoring and evaluation in areas related to the mandate of FAO

Working knowledge of English

Extent and relevance of experience in technical cooperation's related activities, policy advice and analysis related to agrifood systems and/or providing technical and policy assistance support.

Extent and relevance of experience in establishing and maintaining partnerships with UN agencies, NGOs as well as donors and government institutions and agencies.

Relevance and extent of experience in working with inter-governmental bodies and multi-disciplinary teams.